Dams in Spartanburg County, South Carolina

143Total Dams

37High Hazard

26Significant

Dam Safety in Spartanburg County, South Carolina

Spartanburg County has 143 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Of these, 37 are classified as high hazard — meaning failure would probably cause loss of human life. Another 26 carry a significant hazard classification. Currently, 63 dams have a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory.

The average dam in Spartanburg County is 62 years old. The most common purpose is recreation. The tallest dam is South Pacolet River Reservoir 1 at 74 ft.

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Dam	Hazard	Condition	Height (ft)	Purpose	Year
South Pacolet River Reservoir 1	High	Fair	74	Hydroelectric	1926
H Taylor Blalock Reservoir Dam	High	Fair	72	Water Supply
North Tyger River Wcd Dam 2	High	Fair	61	Flood Risk Reduction	1976
Lake Bowen Dam	High	Fair	55	Other	1956
Silver Lake Dam	High	Poor	52	Recreation	1948
Apalache Millpond Dam	High	Fair	45	Recreation	1904
Sjwd Water District Rcc Dam	High	Satisfactory	44	Water Supply	1997
Lyman Lake Dam	High	Fair	43	Recreation	1955
Park Lake Dam	High	Fair	40	Recreation	1962
Lake Zimmerman Dam	High	Fair	37	Recreation	1939
Hillbrook Forest Lake Dam	High	Fair	35	Recreation	1970
J B Johnson Pond Dam	High	Fair	33	Recreation	1955
Tb Pierce Pond Dam	High	Poor	33	Recreation	1962
Cryovac Dam	High	Fair	29	Recreation
Arrowhead Lake Dam	High	Poor	28	Recreation
Thompson Pond Dam	High	Fair	28	Recreation	1959
T Ragan Dam	High	Poor	27	Recreation	1972
Robinson Farms Pond	High	Fair	27	Recreation	1955
Smith-cantrell Pond Dam	High	Fair	27	Recreation	1957
Gibson Pond Dam	High	Fair	26	Recreation	1955
Chestnut Lake Dam	High	Fair	26	Recreation	1975
Glenn Forest Dam	High	Fair	24	Recreation	1990
Ed Lee Pond Dam	High	Fair	23	Recreation	1955
Jackson Properties Dam	High	Fair	23	Irrigation	2001
Alverson Pond Dam	High	Fair	23	Recreation	1958
Virginia Taylor Dam	High	Fair	23	Recreation	1956
G Lanford Pond Dam	High	Poor	23	Recreation	1955
Gramling Pond 1 Dam	High	Poor	23	Irrigation	1971
Lake Emory Dam	High	Fair	21	Debris Control	1997
Parris Bridge Road Dam	High	Poor	21	Recreation
Cleveland Park Lake Dam	High	Fair	21	Recreation	1942
D Honey No 1 Pond Dam	High	Fair	21	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1968
Oak Creek Plantation Dam	High	Fair	20	Recreation
E Cauldwell Pond Dam	High	Poor	20	Recreation	1952
D Honey No 3 Pond Dam	High	Fair	20	Recreation	1957
Ew Noland Pond Dam	High	Fair	20	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1961
R Milliken Pond 1 Dam	High	Poor	18	Recreation	1955
Duncan Park Lake Dam	Significant	Fair	42	Recreation	1935
Vulcan Construction Materials Dam	Significant	Fair	41	Other	2001
Pat Hartness Dam	Significant	Fair	41	Flood Risk Reduction	1998
Frank Mcmakin Dam	Significant	Fair	40	Recreation	1959
Croft State Park Lake Dam	Significant	Fair	40	Recreation	1960
Lake Edwin Johnson Dam	Significant	Fair	36	Recreation	1942
Sunny Slopes Pond 1 Dam	Significant	Fair	35	Irrigation	1969
Twin Lakes Upper Dam	Significant	Fair	34	Recreation	1964
Re Collins Dam	Significant	Fair	32	Recreation	1955
Wilford Sherbert Dam	Significant	Fair	31	Recreation	1959
Flatwood Lake Dam	Significant	Fair	31	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1956
Sunny Slopes Pond 2 Dam	Significant	Fair	30	Irrigation	1968
Cherokee Sportsmens Dam	Significant	Poor	28	Recreation	1951
Cooley Pond Dam	Significant	Poor	28	Recreation	1970
Carolina Country Club Pond Dam	Significant	Fair	27
Charles Liles Dam	Significant	Fair	27	Recreation	1964
Pierce Dam	Significant	Fair	27	Recreation	1954
Horseshoe Lake Dam	Significant	Fair	27	Irrigation	1991
Henry Jacobs Dam	Significant	Fair	25	Recreation	1957
Leonard Dobson Dam	Significant	Poor	24	Irrigation	1959
John Keenan Dam	Significant	Fair	23	Recreation	1969
G Hughston Pond Dam	Significant	Fair	23	Recreation	1957
Jimmy Mcnair Dam	Significant	Fair	22	Recreation	1953
R Milliken Pond 2 Dam	Significant	Fair	20	Recreation	1949
Willow Creek Dam	Significant	Fair	19	Irrigation	1970
Granny Peach Association Dam	Significant	Fair	16	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1960
Hickory Hollow Farm Dam	Low	Poor	66	Recreation	1971
Timberlake Dam 1	Low	Poor	58	Fish and Wildlife Pond	1975
Dutchman Correctional Dam	Low	Fair	49	Recreation	1976
Westernmost Timberlake Subd Dam	Low	Poor	49	Fish and Wildlife Pond	1976
Fairview Farms Dam	Low	Fair	44	Recreation	1955
Keller Pond Dam	Low	Poor	43	Irrigation	1990
Middle Timberlake Dam	Low	Poor	42	Fish and Wildlife Pond	1975
Wylie Fork Dam	Low	Fair	40	Irrigation
Sexton Dam	Low	Poor	39	Fish and Wildlife Pond
Lake Saranac Dam	Low	Fair	39	Recreation
Gun Club Pond Dam	Low	Poor	35	Recreation	1959
Jw Crocker Dam	Low	Poor	35	Recreation	1964
Whitestone 1 Pond Dam	Low	Poor	35	Recreation	1964
Twin Lakes Lower Dam	Low	Fair	34	Recreation	1963
Dr Brownlee Lowry Dam	Low	Fair	33	Other	2000
Dr John Keith Dam 1	Low	Fair	33	Debris Control	1988
Clifton No. 3	Low	Satisfactory	33	Hydroelectric	1899
Robert Rossi Dam	Low	Poor	32	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1996
Brad Webster Dam	Low	Fair	32	Fish and Wildlife Pond	1994
Killarney Lake Dam	Low	Fair	32	Recreation	1959
Dr Akhtar Hussain Dam	Low	Poor	31	Other	2000
Cox/jones Damal Jones Dam	Low	Poor	31	Recreation	1959
Johnson Development Pond 2 Dam	Low	Poor	31	Recreation	1973
Bmw Dam 1	Low	Fair	30	Flood Risk Reduction	1994
Startex Mill Dam 1	Low	Poor	30	Other
Jm Gentry Dam	Low	Poor	30	Recreation	1965
Whitestone 2 Pond Dam	Low	Poor	30	Recreation	1966
Milliken Pond No6 Dam	Low	Poor	29	Other	1965
Harper Sibley Dam	Low	Poor	29	Recreation
Berry Shoals Pond Dam	Low	Not Rated	29	Recreation	1920
Johnson Development Pond 1 Dam	Low	Poor	29	Recreation
Ew Martin Lake Dam	Low	Fair	29	Debris Control	1973
Tyger Oak Dam 3	Low	Poor	28	Recreation	1955
Calhoun Lakes Dam 2	Low	Fair	28	Recreation	1960
L Cornwell Dam	Low	Not Rated	28	Recreation	1959
C Early Pond Dam	Low	Fair	28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Tributary To South Pacolet River Dam	Low	Poor	28	Recreation	1969
Lm Dobson Pond Dam	Low	Unsatisfactory	28	Recreation	1965
Mh Martin Pond Dam	Low	Poor	27	Recreation	1958
Tex Harmon Dam	Low	Fair	27	Debris Control	1992
J Brockman Pond Dam	Low	Poor	27	Recreation	1972
Gramling Pond 3 Dam	Low	Poor	27	Irrigation	1965
Workman Inc Pond Dam	Low	Poor	27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1965
W Hudson Pond Dam	Low	Poor	27	Recreation	1965
Martin Ribar Dam	Low	Unsatisfactory	26	Recreation	1970
Jc Petty Pond Dam	Low	Poor	26	Recreation	1979
Cudds Creek Pond Dam	Low	Poor	26	Recreation	1949
Professional Pond Dam	Low	Poor	26	Recreation
L Jerry Camp Dam	Low	Poor	26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1968
Bmw Dam 2	Low	Fair	25	Flood Risk Reduction	1994
John E Keith Dam 2	Low	Fair	25	Other	1993
W H Tiller Jr Pond Dam	Low	Poor	25	Recreation	1965
Spartan Grain Pond Dam	Low	Poor	25	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1968
Diamond D Pond Dam	Low	Poor	25	Recreation	1959
We Morris Dam	Low	Poor	25	Debris Control	1967
Pacolet Golf Pond Dam 1	Low	Fair	24	Recreation	1977
B H Workman Dam	Low	Poor	24	Recreation	1955
Allen Slater Dam	Low	Fair	23	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1993
James E Cooley Dam	Low		23	Recreation
J H Page Lake Dam	Low	Not Rated	23	Recreation	1969
Lower Pacolet	Low	Satisfactory	23	Hydroelectric	1890
Gramling Pond No4 Dam	Low	Poor	23	Recreation	1973
E Woodfin Lake Dam	Low	Poor	22	Recreation	1950
William Jeffords Dam	Low	Poor	22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1998
Upper Pacolet	Low	Satisfactory	21		1890
Miller Foster Dam	Low	Poor	21	Recreation	1970
Rw Miller Pond Dam	Low	Poor	21	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1957
Clifton Mills Pond 1 Dam	Low	Not Rated	19	Recreation
Gh Southerland Dam	Low	Unsatisfactory	19	Recreation	1964
Milliken Company Dam	Low	Poor	18	Recreation	1966
Sloans Meadow Creek Dam	Low	Poor	17	Recreation	1970
Hb Davis Pond Dam	Low	Unsatisfactory	17	Recreation	1963
Clifton Mills Pond 2 Dam	Low	Fair	16	Recreation	1888
Toy Hyder Dam	Low	Poor	16	Recreation
Calhoun Lakes Dam 1	Low	Poor	15	Recreation	1968
Cp Pressley Pond Dam	Low	Poor	15	Recreation	1968
Lb Davidson Pond Dam	Low	Poor	15	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1964
Lithium Corp Pond Dam	Low	Poor	14	Other	1959
Inman Mills Riverdale Dam	Low	Not Rated	12	Other
J E Nodine Dam 2	Undetermined	Fair	25	Recreation

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